Enlightenment Thinkers
Writers & Thinkers of the Enlightenment
Philosophes or Philosophers
This act saw thousands of women take action against the King and kick off a more violent stage of the Revolution.
This estate consisted of the clergy
First estate
Absolutism
This occured on July 14, 1789
Storming of the Bastille
Wrote about Laissez-faire or hands-off capitalism
Adam Smith
This is how women contributed to the Enlightenment
Salons
This estate consisted of the nobility
second estate
The economic policy of France during the reign of Louis XIV
Mercantilism
This is when the Third Estate was locked out and then declared a famous oath
Tennis Court Oath
Wrote that man has a right to Life, Liberty, and property (natural rights)
John Locke
Wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen
Olympe de Gouges
What did the first and second estates share in common
they did not pay taxes
The term values collective identity based on culture, race, or ethnic origin
nationalism
This King was executed during the Revolution
Louis XVI
Advocated for the separation of powers
Montesquieu
An English writer who advocated for equality among men and women through equal education
Mary Wollstonecraft
Most of the philosophers of the Enlightenment came from this estate
third estate
This term is sometimes called the "Clock Maker."
Deism
This was a year-long period that saw the execution of thousands of revolutionaries
Reign of Terror
Wrote about the idea of the General Will
Rousseau
Held the Seneca Falls conference which advocated for women's suffrage
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This was the meeting of all 3 estates
the Estates General
This term refers to someone who wanted to keep the monarchy and the Catholic Church in power
Conservatism
This man rose through the ranks to be the leader of the Directory and started and ended the Reign of Terror
Robespierre